New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-30
LYohS THE MURDERER, IN THE TOMBS

NOTHING TO EAT FOR TwENTl-NINE HouRS-HELD
10 AWAIT HE coRoN Eg's INQUEST.
Detective Malrkcy and Policeman Duncan, OF
Captain Ryans squad returned to tho city yesterday
with DANIEL LYONS tho murderer Of Joseph j. quinn.
They had travelled all night and had kept awake
from tho time ucy lett Pittsburg. Lyons looAed
tired but undi-maScd when he was locked up az %
~. In tho Last Thirty fifth At. ponce station. Ho
was taken 20 Headquarters and presented to super
intendnt Murray. L3 Ons Is lean, uhuorsi~u
man with an intelligent look In his lace. seen al
iap,o he would not be plcAed cut by stranger as
thief and murocrcr 40 reporters ho said mat he
killed Quinn In solfdiencc. His hr't GuarIe WIFE
Quinn was on July 4. he said and the trouble was
about q ettorcautcr named M,ehan, u'hu VI
Quinn. There trouble about "Onla
he sarding the shooting Of QUINN on tho evening Vi
July lS ons pointed 10 scar ON his chin ana 'aid
tuat IL was the VI dagger wound iDhcted by
QUINN at time OF the killing. The atnioIc usen
a CHINESE Ian digger" 81 hlled hum because M
~ouid Lave kil.ed ne. Quinn was bigger ahs
stronger tnan 1, but never was afraid OF him There
arc tyewIlnc7ses Who hearu him SAY lhas ne was
so,ns " hio up"
lyop, was tncn taken 70 the District Attorneys
ONCE. iic vas nand uned " Uihcer duncan. ne
one OF the eas, ciliirs la Mi. Ma Vi.o
wnilo Assistant D.stnot Accuracy sdCoA- ucodeu a.
~ tle pivrof course 10 puisue Lyons Wa no.
arrrspd ai,er inmc.ment as moot fnsiH,es a'e Inc
rs.ul,,tun IN uis outiinu Vn ani1iNits aiiu
a Lencu warrant. Ito case vas the nisi oil us kihu
and AFTER d,.DcIadon Mr. Nlcon o0ciueu 10 La,e
~, U,s a.en Jv.viv pVIeo uIasisuate, and he was
sens ~ the TomDs. lie cHat@d caice'siJ WIN LIE
umcef. ,, i, .r,ou,. and
suno ono went over ~ Howe Hummels ana
was Io,a ...aL luo hrm not In the clse- iLey
mad lccu sIonen ID Ous fucnus seNeiat ui5 >
a o. uuI na,I not been rotnnrd ''IIEt 10 strahse,
said Lyons when toiu oi this Il unu'i''"0u 'A0'
Tebiii. a. -. -, s,o.,ai cass,nr-
I.yon, was tancn the Court of Speclai SESSIONS
at ii 20 and formally Committed LOT examination
In inc Afternoon Jusuee kl.Drcth sisnod the COM
mnInent and L., wac tahen mo the Iohbs irisoh
and u aced In cen No A. AIter Lyons was iochou
~, ia sent over howe 10 taho charge vi ais
s..s MIR Howe refused act In the mater ana
gave this his rason: $500, , -, -
About ten da,s ago Iyonss father and mother
cal ed On me and consulted about the son case.
| said to that II was To 10 tnelr oooOor th'S
must use my prescription, which was that Dan Lyon,
snouId Immediately surrender himself W inspector
Byrncs and If he had done 80 l have no doubt VI
nv ability to save him. This his PARENTS agreed 10
a. hut it appears that somo friends Li-ad\ lseo
them and dissuaded them from this counsel so That
to-day when Ia ons sent for me " aplolr Tor MN
refussd. | Will consent 10 appear Tor a client
,yho refuses to follow my advice"
LYONS was called before Justice knoreth In The
.ft, moon. He lowed ten minutes for con-
sultaI,on with his counsel, Messrs. Blake a. sullivan
ts father took part In the consultation LS 0ns
was called 10 bar 10 answer the charge OF wiul
murder which was made In the affidavit OF Captain
RYAN He declined ~ plead " the charge and no
Was committed 10 await tho dccis.od oi tho Coronors
iury which will hold an inquest on Monday Before
going hack TO his cell Lyons told his father not TO
wrrry about him. Lyons complained about his not
having been allowed TO eat any thing since 10 O'Clock
ON the pr.vIVus forenoon. warden walsh was AL oil
why AZ was that no food hal been given to him during
tho interval rom IL 10 B. The Warden answered
!. We don't start to feed until after ." he said, using
an offensive epithct "IIe may stave. Hos only
been two hours under my charge"